Comments on: More first-generation MLW power stored at CP Rail’s St. Luc Yard during the mid-70′s traffic downtown: CP RS3 units 8432, 8439, 8451, and 8435 sit together near the diesel shop area with their stacks capped, parked near the deadlines of other 244-powered MLW units mothballed by the coal tower at St. Luc Yard. The FA/FB fleet would not return back to service, but many of the stored RS3 and RS10 units would when traffic picked up. 8432, 8435 and 8439 would all get chop-noses for yard and hump service duties and last a few more years in service (8435 was leased to the D&H in 1976 prior to that), while 8451 would be unceremoniously retired and scrapped with many of the other parked 244-powered MLWs. Original photographer unknown, Dan Dell’Unto collection slide.

Comments on: More first-generation MLW power stored at CP Rail’s St. Luc Yard during the mid-70′s traffic downtown: CP RS3 units 8432, 8439, 8451, and 8435 sit together near the diesel shop area with their stacks capped, parked near the deadlines of other 244-powered MLW units mothballed by the coal tower at St. Luc Yard. The FA/FB fleet would not return back to service, but many of the stored RS3 and RS10 units would when traffic picked up. 8432, 8435 and 8439 would all get chop-noses for yard and hump service duties and last a few more years in service (8435 was leased to the D&H in 1976 prior to that), while 8451 would be unceremoniously retired and scrapped with many of the other parked 244-powered MLWs. Original photographer unknown, Dan Dell’Unto collection slide. http://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Thu, 07 May 2026 18:15:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1